Science

It was named after Asaph Hall’s wife, Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, a mathematician. A collision that formed Stickney crater could have shattered the moon.

It can produce static electricity when negatively charged by applying friction. Because of that, ancient Greeks named amber “elektron,” which became the basis for the word electricity.

Its age is estimated at 13.6 ± 0.8 billion years, so it may be only 100 million years younger than the Universe.

It is estimated that one-third of all fungi reproduce using more than one propagation method. Most o ...

This is because nicotine affects not only acetylcholine but also other neurotransmitters, especially ...

It is a joint program with private corporations—SpaceX, Boeing, and the Sierra Nevada. SpaceX provid ...

Nicotine binds permanently to nicotinic receptors in nerve cells, disturbing their metabolism. Initi ...

The largest crater on its surface is the South Pole-Aitken Basin, it is 2500 km in diameter and 13 km deep.